The classic ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ holds up well
STONEHAM – If you’ve never had the chance to do it, it should be on your bucket list. Start your walk at the venerable Macy’s Herald Square Department Store in the heart of… Continue reading
Category Archive: Reviews
‘Ruthless! The Musical’ : Comic chaos uncorked
BOSTON – It was comic chaos uncorked. The Theater Uncorked production of “Ruthless! The Musical” that ended Sunday at the Calderwood Pavilion of the Boston Center for the Arts was an absolute hoot.… Continue reading
‘Quixote Nuevo’: Where romance meets reality
BOSTON – When updating a classic story, handle with care. And that’s exactly what playwright Octavio Solis did with his play “Quixote Nuevo,” now at the Huntington Avenue Theatre through Dec. 8. Solis,… Continue reading
Arlekin’s reimagined ‘Seagull’ speaks to us anew
NEEDHAM – You can tinker with the classics, to be sure. But you must always respect the text. So while Anton Chekhov’s “the Seagull” remains the classic it has always been and always… Continue reading
‘Come From Away’ will lift you, steal your heart
BOSTON — While the fires of Sept. 11, 2001 were still burning, some 7,000 strangers descended on a small Canadian town and discovered what they had in common was much greater than what… Continue reading
10,512,000 minutes later, ‘Rent’ still moves us
BOSTON – We’ll never know what Jonathan Larson would have become. Larson died on January 25, 1996, the night before his masterwork “Rent” debuted off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop on Jan. 26.… Continue reading
‘Admissions’: When white doesn’t mean right
BOSTON — Two young men have their eyes on the prize: A coveted seat at Yale University, an iconic Ivy League college. One is biracial and talented; the other is white and talented.… Continue reading
Wheelock’s ‘imagineers’ bring Wonka World to life
BOSTON – As the sweetest holiday of them all – Halloween – approaches, there’s a scrumptious theatrical delight waiting for you at the Wheelock Family Theatre. “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka” is a… Continue reading
Lyric Stage’s ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ is a tasty dish
BOSTON – It is just an elementary school play but a quartet of “teaching artists” twist themselves into human pretzels to make sure that this Thanksgiving play checks every box, and is banking… Continue reading
‘Marie and Rosetta’: Musical legends come to life
STONEHAM – Since it opened in Cleveland in September 1995 on the shores of Lake Erie, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been playing a lot of catch-up. The Hall was… Continue reading